Peanut Butter Cookies

A non-traditional german cookie this time as I would like to bake something different. I added peanut butter and cane sugar in the dough mixture to achieve the peanut taste.  Easy to make and one can bake them a few days before they are decorated.

Ingredients (yields about 90 pcs):
250 g peanut butter
250 g butter (room temperature)
200 g fine sugar
200 g cane sugar
a pinch of salt
2 eggs
600 - 650 g flour

400 g bitter chocolate

Method:
In a mixing bowl, whisk peanut butter, butter, fine sugar and cane sugar until creamy. Add eggs and mix well.  Then, add salt and flour and knead by using the dough hook to a pliable dough.  Wrap dough in a cling wrap and leave in fridge for about 30 minutes.

Roll out dough and cut out circles with a diameter of 6 cm.  Bake in a preheated fan oven at a temperature of 155° C for about 10 minutes or until top is light brown in colour.  Once done, remove from oven and leave to cool down completely.

Melt chocolate in a bain-marie again and dip the cookies halfway.  Decorate with chocolate hearts and leave to dry completely before storing them in an airtight tin.

Happy Baking!